A holiday tradition: I helpfully deconstruct “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” [VIDEO]
Re-posting this video is turning out to be something of a Christmas tradition. Sorry if I ruin it for everyone
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The Real Story Behind The Pogues “Fairytale of New York”
One of the most beloved modern Christmas songs of all time is “Fairytale of New York” from the Pogues with a guest appearance from the late Kirsty MacColl–even though it’s really not about Christmas at all.
The song was born sometime in 1985 when Jem Finer, the Pogues’ banjo player, started messing about with an idea. He showed it to singer Shane McGowan who like it but didn’t really know what to do with it.
For the next two years, Jem and Shane struggled with the song. Coming up with the lyrics was especially difficult. The original idea was to tell the story of a sailor heading to distant seas, but that didn’t work. The song was abandoned.
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Weekly survey: If you had to pick from these Christmas gifts, which would you take?
It’s the solstice. After today, the days will start getting longer and less dark. It’s also the day of the
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 904: The annual Christmas show
This year has been a raging dumpster fire. No, wait. It’s worse than that. It’s like someone gathered up millions
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Pornhub has released a Christmas album called–what else?—XXXmas.
Hand it to Pornhub to offer a sexual twist on the most wonderful time of the year. The company just
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Even grindcore bands can get into the Christmas spirit. See?
The Sound That Ends Creation is a solid grindcore band that seems scary 11 months of the year. But in
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Not another Christmas song! Blink-182 releases “Not Another Christmas Song”
Travis Barker hinted at this new blink-182 Christmas song a couple of weeks back. Here it is.
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I know it’s early, but this Simple Minds-based Christmas commercial is the best of the season
Argos, the British chain, has a new name for their catalogue and decided to kick off the Christmas season with
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Need a little ‘80s in your Christmas? Meet Jon Cohen Ex
Jon Cohen Ex wants to make things a little better. Between the madness of the holidays, the ridiculousness of politics
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Britain just had its weirdest Christmas #1 single in years.
For decades, the British have gone berserk betting on which single would finish at #1 at Christmas. It’s a thing
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The lunacy of the British Christmas #1 enters its final phase for 2018
The lunacy is back. The British have been betting on which single will finish at #1 on the charts at Christmas
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